Official site for the high/dark fantasy books of authors Barb Hendee and J. C. Hendee, including the Noble Dead Saga (a.k.a. The Noble Dead series), the Mist-Torn Witches series, the Vampire Memories series, and TNDS: Tales from the world of the Noble Dead Saga.

Nicolette Whealy wins the signed hardbound first edition of S2B2: Through Stone and Sea.

Delivery instructions have been forwarded to the publisher’s publicity department. Nicolette’s prize should be shipped by late Monday or early Tuesday and arrive within ten business days. This concludes the fifth of six bi-weekly raffles for signed volumes from the Noble Dead Saga.

Coming next Friday, we will initiate the last raffle in this current series. The next prize is another signed hardback first edition of S3B1: Between Their Worlds. Watch for the notice coming next Friday, May 4th, so spread the word.

NOTE: Entries will not be accepted until after notice of the raffle’s opening is given via this and other avenues of news fromNobleDead.org.

We’ve been holding off on this (for the most part) until it was at least 90% ready. Barb and J.C. have engaged upon a private project for both new and current readers called…

“Tales from the world of the Noble Dead Saga”

These are shorter works (short stories to novellas) independent of the saga. They will center upon third and fourth tier characters, places, and events encountered throughout the saga’s volumes. Some will be authored independently by Barb or J.C. while others will be collaborations, like the saga. "Tales" on the whole are built in what we call “sequences” based on theme rather than plot (in most cases). Some works in a sequence may chain together, plot-wise, while others will not, BUT….

No knowledge of the Noble Dead Saga or its books is necessary to enjoy any "Tale." Readers who’ve never read any of our work can dive right in.

For those who have read part or all of the saga to date, you may learn more about the world, cultures, times and places, and revelations concerning favorite minor characters left behind. In other words, these are little treats straight from us to tide you over in a year's wait until the next volume in the Noble Dead Saga is released from our publisher, Roc (Penguin/Putnam).

We will release four to six “Tales” per year outside of the two-plus month window of a new volume in the Noble Dead Saga.

All “Tales” will be in ebook form only, starting with AZW/Kindle through Amazon and EPUB through Barnes & Noble.

A new page at NobleDead.org will soon open for this new direct series of works, so the readers can track present and future releases. Please help out if you wish by spreading the word, including sharing this press release as a whole. And so, for our first “Tale” in the “Homeward” sequence…

In his youth, Loni never felt that he fit in anywhere, even among his family or his people, the Lhoin’na, or the elves of the central continent. As he dwells on tales told to him by a doting grandmother, he begins to believe he might have been born in the wrong time.

One scant tale of a past age hints that the legendary Sorhkafâré led some of Loni’s people to the east at the end of the great mythical war. Loni dreams of those forgotten Departed ones, wondering if their descendants still exist. The answer may be more and less than he hoped in his quest to find where he belongs.

There’s about 35 hours left in the current raffle for a signed, hardbound, first edition of S2B2: Through Stone and Sea. The deadline for entries is this Friday, Midnight, PST, so get yours in if you haven’t already. [Open only to readers in the USA].

See the original raffle notice for full instructions on how to enter. We’ll announce the winner by Monday along with any details for the sixth and final raffle that starts a week from this Friday.

Time for the fifth of six bi-weekly raffles for author signed copies of books from the Noble Dead Saga. This time out, a signed, first-edition, hardbound copy of S2B2: Through Stone and Sea.

So, get your entry in now (one per person) by following the instructions below so your entry is confirmed on the first submission.

The raffle is open to only readers in the USA. Deadline for receipt of all entries is Friday, April 27th, Midnight PST (via the timestamp on the email you send for your entry). Go to our Contact page and submit the following information at NobleDead.org:

If you are screening for spam by rejecting HTML content, white-list the “nobledead.org” domain in your mail program and/or server to be certain you receive notification if you win a raffle. [We do not send direct email spam—ever!]

Barb and J.C. have full control of all participant information; you will not be added to any form of mailing list. All entries are discarded/deleted once a raffle is complete.

Winner Selection Process

The following is the process for the raffle and awarding of the prize.

Each entry is checked upon arrival for complete contact and delivery information as required. This saves a step in the process for having to request and then verify the winner’s shipping information.

Correct and complete entries are confirmed by email within 72 hours of being received. Incomplete entries are discarded and, if possible, the entrant is notified.

After the raffle's closing date, all entries are checked for duplicates based on Name, Email, and Delivery Address. Clear duplicates are discarded. Indeterminate ones may receive an email query at our discretion.

Verified entries are assigned a number by ordered of date/time received. The total number of entries is entered into a pure random number generator to select the winning entry. [See Random.org]

The winner is notified and reconfirmation of delivery information is requested. The winner has 48 hours to respond. If no response is received, that entry is discarded and a new winner is selected according to Step 4.

Upon confirmation of delivery information, the winner is announced via NobleDead.org and its news distribution systems, including linked social systems.

Delivery information is passed on to the publicity department of our publisher, and the winner will receive the indicated prize, usually within 10 business days.

Tara Kennedy wins the signed paperback copies of the complete Series/Phase 2 of the Noble Dead Saga.

Delivery instructions have been forwarded to the publisher’s publicity department. Tara’s prize should be shipped by late Monday or early Tuesday and arrive within ten business days. This concludes the fourth of six bi-weekly raffles for signed volumes from the Noble Dead Saga.

Coming next Friday, we will initiate the next raffle, and the next prize is a signed hardback first edition of S2B2: Through Stone and Sea.

Watch for the notice coming next Friday, April 27th, so spread the word. Entries will not be accepted until after notice of the raffle’s opening is given via this and other avenues of news fromNobleDead.org.

The current raffle for signed paperbacks of the complete Series/Phase 2 of the Noble Dead Saga is now closed. The random winner has been selected and contacted for verification of shipping information and has 48 hours to respond.

Once verified, the official winner will be announced, and we’ll present a little information about the prize for the next raffle starting this coming Friday, April 20th, at NobleDead.org. Mark your calendar and spread the word.

Time for the fourth of six bi-weekly raffles for author signed copies of books from the Noble Dead Saga. This time out, something a little different: a complete paperback set of Series/Phase 2:

S2B1: In Shade and Shadow S2B2: Through Stone and SeaS2B3: Of Truth and Beasts

So, get your entry in now (one per person) by following the instructions below so your entry is confirmed on the first submission.

The raffle is open to only readers in the USA. Deadline for receipt of all entries is Friday, April 13th, Midnight PST (via the timestamp on the email you send for your entry). Go to our Contact page and submit the following information:

If you are screening for spam by rejecting HTML content, white-list the “nobledead.org” domain in your mail program and/or server to be certain you receive notification if you win a raffle. [We do not send direct email spam—ever!]

Barb and J.C. have full control of all participant information; you will not be added to any form of mailing list. All entries are discarded/deleted once a raffle is complete.

Winner Selection Process

The following is the process for the raffle and awarding of the prize.

Each entry is checked upon arrival for complete contact and delivery information as required.

Correct and complete entries are confirmed by email within 72 hours of being received. Incomplete entries are discarded and, if possible, the entrant is notified.

After the raffle's closing date, all entries are checked for duplicates based on Name, Email, and Delivery Address. Clear duplicates are discarded. Indeterminate ones may receive an email query at our discretion.

Verified entries are assigned a number by ordered of date/time received. The total number of entries is entered into a pure random number generator to select the winning entry. [See Random.org]

The winner is notified and reconfirmation of delivery information is requested. The winner has 48 hours to respond. If no response is received, that entry is discarded and a new winner is selected according to Step 4.

Upon confirmation of delivery information, the winner is announcement via NobleDead.org and its news distribution systems, including linked social systems.

Delivery information is passed on to the publicity department of our publisher, and the winner will receive the indicated prize, usually within 10 business days.

There’s no doubt that most of us who read a fantasy series or episodic body of work get invested in one or more characters therein. And we don’t want it to end. When a character dies, we may feel it’s the end of everything, and maybe it is the end of that particular body of work. But where the undead are concerned, is it different… or not?

Jessica Villasenor wins a signed hardbound copy of S2B3: Of Truth and Beasts.

Delivery instructions have been forwarded to the publisher’s publicity department. Jessica’s prize should be shipped by tomorrow and arrive within ten business days. This concludes the third of six bi-weekly raffles for signed volumes from the Noble Dead Saga.

Coming next Friday, we will initiate the next raffle. This time the prize is a little different: the complete Series/Phase 2 of the Noble Dead saga as signed paperback first editions. The winner will receive all three: In Shade and Shadow, Through Stone and Sea, Of Truth and Beasts.

Watch for the notice coming next Friday, April 6th; as entries for the next raffle will not be accepted until then. So spread the word.

Considering the Creative Commons Copyright notice attached to all articles and news coming out of NobleDead.org, one question has come up several times. The link to the CCC site on the web is enough for most, but some people are still a little confused about what the can / cannot do…

Q: Can I copy / share one of your news items / articles on my own page/site?

A: Yes you can; read the Creative Commons explanation by following its link at the end of any article coming out of NobleDead.org. Or, as a simple starting point…

You can republish one of our articles so long as…

it is presented in its entirety (with one exception),

is unchanged in any way, and

you provide linked attribution back to its original source… meaning NobleDead.org.

NOTE: If you share via an auto-share function in a social or blog system that creates an article summary and a link, that’s acceptable, too, so long as content of the summary is not altered and the link leads back to NobleDead.org or one of its social system pages.

Our main concern is that news releases serve as intended to help inform people about our work (and our site); and that these are never used improperly or purely for “boxed” self-promotion by other sites. Again, for further details, see the CC link (like at the bottom of this article) or just ask us and our small staff via our contact page. We don’t bite [pun-intended].